# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 7.1

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/7.1

Ἀλλ’ ἐν τούτοις διωκόμενοι λέξουσιν ἴσως, ὃ πολλάκις λέγοντες ᾐσχύνθησαν· οὕτως νομίζομεν τὸν υἱὸν πλέον ἔχειν παρὰ τὰ ἄλλα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μονογενῆ λέγεσθαι, ὅτι μόνος μὲν αὐτὸς ὑπὸ μόνου τοῦ θεοῦ γέγονε, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πάντα παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐκτίσθη. τίς ἄρα ταύτην ὑμῖν τὴν μωρὰν καὶ καινὴν ἐπίνοιαν ὑπέβαλεν, ἵνα εἴπητε· τὸν μὲν υἱὸν μόνον μόνος ὁ πατὴρ αὐτούργησε, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πάντα διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ γέγονεν ὡς δι’ ὑπουργοῦ;

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Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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